A right-wing dark money group controlled by Leonard Leo--a legal activist who has played an outsized role in packing the U.S. Supreme Court with conservative ideologues--was the beneficiary of a massive, possibly unprecedented donation of $1.6 billion from a shadowy electronics mogul with ties to the Koch network.The enormous infusion of cash, first reported Monday by the New York Times, could bolster and embolden right-wing efforts to drag the U.S.
5 billion spent in 2020 by 15 of the most politically active nonprofit organizations that generally align with Democrats.'Seid is a major but relatively low-profile donor to Republicans and right-wing causes, including to organizations that attack climate science. The Center for Media and Democracy notes that Seid is 'closely allied with the Koch network and funnels dark money through the same groups used by the Kochs, including Donors Trust and Donors Capital Fund.